Longview, Texas
| Longview | |
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 Location of Longview in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1848 ("Earpville") |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| Counties : |
Gregg County Harrison County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 31 ′ N , 94 ° 45 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 80,455 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 568.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 141.8 km 2 (approx. 55 mi 2 ) of which 141.6 km 2 (approx. 55 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 113 m |
| Area code : | +1 903 |
| FIPS : | 48-43888 |
| GNIS ID : | 1374716 |
| Website : | www.cityoflongview.com |
| Mayor : | Jay Dean |
Longview is a city in the northeast of the US state of Texas , between the cities of Dallas in the West (125 miles) and Shreveport in Louisiana in the East (60 miles).
Longview is the seat of the county administration ( County Seat ) of Gregg County , which together with the counties Harrison and Upshur forms the Longview-Marshall-Gilmer Metropolitan Statistical Area in the east of the state of Texas.
The city is the cultural and economic center of the region and has an infrastructure of major national importance (two hospitals, three universities and colleges , regional airport, two museums). There are several state parks in the vicinity , which serve in many ways for local recreation.
Longview lies at an altitude of 124 m above sea level. NN , the average temperatures are around 34 ° C in summer and around 1.5 ° C in winter. The average annual rainfall is around 1180 mm.
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 1525 | - | |
| 1890 | 2034 | 33.4% | |
| 1900 | 3591 | 76.5% | |
| 1910 | 5155 | 43.6% | |
| 1920 | 5713 | 10.8% | |
| 1930 | 5036 | -11.9% | |
| 1940 | 13,758 | 173.2% | |
| 1950 | 24,502 | 78.1% | |
| 1960 | 40,050 | 63.5% | |
| 1970 | 46,744 | 16.7% | |
| 1980 | 62,762 | 34.3% | |
| 1990 | 70,311 | 12% | |
| 2000 | 73,344 | 4.3% | |
| 2010 | 80,455 | 9.7% | |
| 1880-2000, 2010 | |||
sons and daughters of the town
- Bob Cashell (born 1938), politician
- Thurman Green (1940–1997), jazz trombonist, arranger and composer
- Craig Anthony Washington (* 1941), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- Karen Silkwood (1946–1974), union activist
- Sam Hunt (born 1951), American football player
- John Lee Hancock (* 1956), screenwriter, film director and producer
- Gary Willis (* 1957), electric bass player, composer, transcriber and bass teacher
- Forest Whitaker (born 1961), actor, film producer and director
- Rodney Carrington (* 1968), stand-up comedian and comedy singer
- Evonne Hsu (* 1979), singer
- Tiffany Jackson-Jones (* 1985), professional basketball player
- José Francisco Torres (* 1987), football player
- Chris Ivory (born 1988), NFL American football player
- Trent Williams (born 1988), American football player
- Madison Hu (* 2002), actress
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
